Conscious Coaching: The Art and Science of Building Buy-In

Dale Carnegie taught us that relationship building starts through first demonstrating interest in others. If buy-in is critical to working with athletes to accomplish their goals, it follows then that relationships are critical to buy-in.

the relationship between a coach and an athlete can be conceptualized by the elements of both success and effectiveness (2005). Success relates to skill development and competition results, and effectiveness focuses upon personal satisfaction and the development of a rewarding bond.

Social intelligence, according to Honeywill, refers to the exclusive ability of humans to navigate, negotiate, and influence social relationships and environments.

Push yourself to strip away the superficial and get to the root of everything you do. If you truly want to affect people, you better know how to be in touch with yourself and every single one of your drives and vulnerabilities as a human being.

Find or create your own artifact from your past and you’ll see the role it will continue to play in shaping your coaching identity and strategy in the years to come. Reflecting on these stories and artifacts is a powerful way to improve your self-awareness as coach and act upon your unique strengths and motivations.

Dunning-Kruger effect, which is a cognitive bias that exists where individuals who possess a very low level of ability or true competence perceive themselves to be vastly superior to those around them or in their abilities in general.

Meyer defined patience as not simply the ability to wait, but rather “how we behave while we’re waiting.” This quote is one of the best I’ve come across because it defines a word in a simple yet effective way, but also references

Many within our profession (and those like it) have yet to learn that it’s not about being the smartest person in the room, but rather being the person who is the most capable of reading the room, and then doing something meaningful with the information you gather by speaking in a language that others can relate to and understand.

if you want to be great, you better expect bruises and learn to love your battle scars.

whenever we aim to influence others, we must first begin with a better understanding of what is influential about ourselves.